Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-02-18
PUBLIC SCHOOE. NANAGENENT.
What n Said BY senators and Citizens.
VARIOUS VIEWS ON THE MATTERS pn0AcKxp AT YHu
MEETING or FuBiIo ecaooL gnpsnKD LAss
HGHr.

MGnf.
A STAR reporter, provided with report o. the
school board meeting held last night, sought for
the members Of the senate sub APPROPRIATIONS
committee Messrs. Plumb, Dawes and Cockreh
WHAT SENATOR DAWES sAYa
SENATOR Dawes was found in his committee room
BE had not seen the report Of the school board
meeting. but he rad Il when STAR reporter pro-
duced IT. He said: "If you want 20 know where
we gos the Information with regard 70
the lack OF school facilities viii show
you" and the senator procured .
copy Of the report OF the board Of trustees OF the
PUBIC schools OF the District Of columbia for the
SsIs i near ending June 30 ls The seraacs
creased school room recommendation me 70
OF the District"
.ioa WIN remember" continued M. Dawea
TOOK US 0he appropriations committed, 70 task,
and In the debate stated that II money enough
va MOI provided FOR public school faculties Il wss
tne iaQtt OF those In authority; that the commit
zee nad voted all that was asked. since then
have received a letter from Commissioner Webb
have arranged the pending District bill 50 that Il
faculties for every scholar, big and ntile. Now
about aboltshing the high school or any other
school We did speak OF the teachers salaries.
Last year the schedule was so manipulated
as 70 take nom the pay OF the lower grade
teacherS and add to those OF the high
grades From the pay OF those who were getting
lesS IMAM 800 percentage was deducted and odd
ca 70 the salaries or those who were getting high
pay. Hs09. $500 and even 9, 500 Now We
mined that 1t should not be repeated. The claim
was made that the appropriation was not sum.
cienL 10 pay salaries but that was because OF the
pan OF taking nom the low to add TO the high.
NOW we thought that the low teachers should get
more and the high ones less
Il dld say" remarked Mr.. Dawes shat would
not vote another dollar for streets until provision
was MADE Tor accommodating every child Of school
age IN the District with public school facilities:
mat Inc children are OF great deal more import
you may repeat it."
Recurring to the report submitted to the school
board last night MI. Dawes said 1t had never been
asserted that any child was actually denied ad-
mission 10 the public schools, but the assertion
was tnat there is not room enough, not facilities
lor All the children who would attend. He said it
could not be questioned that there was lack Of
facilities. '.Now," he said "we have prepared
lnlS Oil SO as to afford accommodations
Ior all the children of school age IN the
DiStlct. Inc commissioners admit that to be true
ana IN pehalf OF the committee have this 70 say
mat II the bill as it stands does not appropriate
sumcleht money to provide school facilities Tor
The commissioners and the school authorities can
nave II IOr the asking. The subcommittee do not
propose 10 abolish any OF the schools but to pro-
woe ample facilities and require that justice shall
De zone In the matter OF teachers salaries
What S0mRfop ySluu.ah Saw~.